Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-03
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h Paris Police OF the Track eff a
Mysterious Russian
II is thought W the Paris police that
they have LAID their hands ON q new
Prapztn nj III the person of a sueii-mobs-
man who calls himself RamsnuH. Like
the murderer OF Marie RsgGauit, Roman
of gives himself seml-Iashlonable airs,
speaks several languages, and has ire
,qasnted the company OF the "hsli world"
Tor the purpose OF ssindlipg it.. There
Ia an idea that 1t was he who cut the
throat OF the oma Aguesan In the Rue
Caumartln, and bis rooms we're full of
leweiry of all SORTS, some of which wss
recognized as having formed part of the
property which had been stolen recently
from q villa In the suburbs uf Paris.
roman ii is also known among his COM
panIons AS '.the America" a name
ah1cb has applied 80 the mysterious
person who was frequently seen 10
Marie Aguetan's company IN the
Eden theater, and was sup
posed to have gone to the Rue Osnmsr-
tin With the unfortunate woman on the
night Of her murder, Ramanof was ar
rested by M. Goron, M. Taylor's assist
ant, by the merest accident. The police
official bad tracked home to their lair
three burglars who had broken into q
house in Mort. and carried off o quanti-
ty OF valuable property. Among tue
papers found in the sooms oil the burg
lars vas a bill payable to order, and
signed by Romanoff. The name struck
M. Goron at once, 80 he obtained from
the burgiafs the address of the man OF
Musooyite name and had him arrested.
X )manoff had in his house not only
] . welry, but heaps of articles of female
attire T; ornaments of use, such % expen-
sive dresses, gowns trimmed with the
choicest lace Malines OF Valenciennes,
fans, gilt smelling bottles ard perfumes.
The fellow Says that he is a Russian, but
that he has taken put papers of natural
ization in America. The police, however,
find that for q MnscovIte he has q strong
Gaseon accent. He is to be brought be-
tore all the witnesses who we're examined
after the murder OF Marie Agnetan.
Some OF these persons are acquainted
with the Individual called the '.Ameri-
can.n who was often seen at Eden IN
Agustan's company.
Romanoff, the supposed icy Pranzini,
has been examined by M. Goron, to
whom he stated that he belongs 60 one
of the best Russian families, End that
his brother Is imperial p%roenrator in
Moscow. He says that he left Russia
10 years ago through fear OF being ar
rested as q nihilist. He returned from
America in 1886, became a teacher of
languages in Paris and sfterward o clerk
and interpreter. Questioned as to his
intercourse With louise women he became
very excited, Al d told the police official
that he might have him .'guillotinedn
like Pfanzini if be liked, but that he
would never compel him to make any
avowals. He sverred that he did know
PranZini and that he was about to make
revelations concerning the crime OF the
Hue Montague shortly after Pranzini's
arrest, but he changed his mind. The
man has been sent back to the police
depot. pending further interrogation.
Il is not believed that he was the
murderer OF Marie Aguetan, as he has
been sble to prove an alibi. His state
ments as to his acquaintance with
Prsr zini are probably intended to mys
tify the police, or caused by an over.
weening vanity peculiar to criminals.
Like many OF the voyous, the fellow
seems TO make q boast OF having known
o criminal whose deeds we're notorious
and who expiated his guilt on the scaf-
fold,